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Category Archives: mysteries

The Prismatic Typewriter

By Trent Knoss
Posted: September 17, 2012
Category: Media, mysteries, Philosophy of science | Tagged Holography, Jorge Luis Borges, M.I.T. Museum, Olivetti Lettera | 1 Comment

Update on the Satellite that Fell From the Sky

By Conor Myhrvold
Posted: March 9, 2012
Category: mysteries, photography, satellites | 1 Comment

Pictures of the mysterious satellite that fell from the sky

By Conor Myhrvold
Posted: February 6, 2012
Category: mysteries, photography, satellites | Tagged 2001 A Space Odyssey, Arianne Space Solutions, Astronomy, Barbados, Caribbean, European Space Agency, French Guiana, Mars Probe, Outer Space, Russia, Satellites, Soyuz, St Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Georges, Stanley Kubrick, Tobago Cays | 2 Comments
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